Rapier

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A long, slender, two-edged sword with a cuplike hilt, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • n. A light, sharp-pointed sword lacking a cutting edge and used only for thrusting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless).
  • adj. Extremely sharp.
  • adj. Cutting smarts or keen wit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A long, narrow, pointed, two-edged sword, used, especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with a guard for the hand, adapted for both cutting and thrusting, but used chiefly for thrusting.
  • n. In later English usage, a fencing-sword used only for thrusting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brand    blade    steel    sword   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sword   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Napier   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cutlass    stiletto    sabre    scimitar    dagger    saber    dirk    bayonet    falchion    quarterstaff